| SDS | same day surgery; school dental services; self-rating depression scale; sensory deprivation syndrome... |
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| SI | International System of Units [Fr. le Systeme International d'Unites]; sacroiliac; saline infusion; ... |
| immune suppression | Suppression of the immune response by some compound or agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intergenic suppression | The situation where a primary gene and the gene that suppresses it do not lie in the same chromosomal locus. Compare: intragenic suppression. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intragenic suppression | <molecular biology> The situation where a primary gene and the mutated gene that suppresses it lie within the same locus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| thyroid suppression test | A thyroid function test used to diagnose difficult cases of hyperthyroidism, now largely replaced by the thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test; triiodothyronine is administered for a week to 10 days, and a reduction of its uptake by the thyroid gland to less than half of the initial uptake is a normal response. Synonym: Werner's test. (05 Mar 2000) |